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Post by sugarme on Jun 20, 2022 16:56:32 GMT -8
I miss the days when they would toss in Saturday Night HnD on ... well you know. Yes my first show is Saturday.
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Post by wabowarrior on Jun 20, 2022 17:48:22 GMT -8
I miss the days when they would toss in Saturday Night HnD on ... well you know. Yes my first show is Saturday. I know the band is more of the "stick to the setlist" mindset, but I would love it if they picked one slot and did a "Fan's Choice" like the Stones and Billy Joel have done, where they give you 2-3 choices and you can vote (by applause during the show, or text beforehand) for the song to be included.
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Post by treffo on Jun 20, 2022 22:58:20 GMT -8
I miss the days when they would toss in Saturday Night HnD on ... well you know. Yes my first show is Saturday. My first show was on a Saturday and started like this: Let It Go Rock Rock High N Dry (Saturday Night) LGR MLLAM Promises and ended with Wasted In between were two new songs and all the big songs in a long row. Best DL show I ever attended. So yeah, the Saturday Night days were good days!
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Post by andylgr on Jun 20, 2022 23:16:22 GMT -8
I miss the days when they would toss in Saturday Night HnD on ... well you know. Yes my first show is Saturday. My first show was on a Saturday and started like this: Let It Go Rock Rock High N Dry (Saturday Night) LGR MLLAM Promises and ended with Wasted In between were two new songs and all the big songs in a long row. Best DL show I ever attended. So yeah, the Saturday Night days were good days! Where was this show? I have never seen them do HnD live in all my years of going to see them.
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Post by treffo on Jun 20, 2022 23:29:38 GMT -8
My first show was on a Saturday and started like this: Let It Go Rock Rock High N Dry (Saturday Night) LGR MLLAM Promises and ended with Wasted In between were two new songs and all the big songs in a long row. Best DL show I ever attended. So yeah, the Saturday Night days were good days! Where was this show? I have never seen them do HnD live in all my years of going to see them. It was Sweden Rock 2006, Sölvesborg. Great show!
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Post by andylgr on Jun 20, 2022 23:44:13 GMT -8
Where was this show? I have never seen them do HnD live in all my years of going to see them. It was Sweden Rock 2006, Sölvesborg. Great show! I've got a bootleg of that show on cd.
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Post by niklas on Jun 21, 2022 2:25:42 GMT -8
I miss the days when they would toss in Saturday Night HnD on ... well you know. Yes my first show is Saturday. My first show was on a Saturday and started like this: Let It Go Rock Rock High N Dry (Saturday Night) LGR MLLAM Promises and ended with Wasted In between were two new songs and all the big songs in a long row. Best DL show I ever attended. So yeah, the Saturday Night days were good days! Yes, I was there as well, in total my third DL show, it was the first Lep show in Sweden since 1996. Very good setlist!
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Post by andylgr on Jun 21, 2022 6:55:14 GMT -8
Rock On. "Big" single? Not sure. Recognizable cover...yes. There is no reason a band with a discography like Leppard should play a cover. IMO. Re: MLLAM. Not even the band likes it. A half step above the worst DL song of all time which is All Night. I think the release of that song off of Adrenalize in that climate was hugely detrimental to their career. Maybe big single was a stretch but it was certainly popular enough to warrant a video and be the marquee track off Yeah, it got a radio release and was part of the setlist for years. I agree with everything you say about both songs, but the sad fact is that both of them have hung around in the setlist (and outstayed their welcome) for a number of years. What I never understand is why they go down so well at a show either.
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Post by Armageddonit on Jun 21, 2022 7:36:43 GMT -8
Rock On. "Big" single? Not sure. Recognizable cover...yes. There is no reason a band with a discography like Leppard should play a cover. IMO. Re: MLLAM. Not even the band likes it. A half step above the worst DL song of all time which is All Night. I think the release of that song off of Adrenalize in that climate was hugely detrimental to their career. Maybe big single was a stretch but it was certainly popular enough to warrant a video and be the marquee track off Yeah, it got a radio release and was part of the setlist for years. I agree with everything you say about both songs, but the sad fact is that both of them have hung around in the setlist (and outstayed their welcome) for a number of years. What I never understand is why they go down so well at a show either. Maybe they just need to sub out This Guitar with a big moodier epic from DSH say Unbreakable and then swap out Have you ever with an acoustic number that is a little darker...I'd live to hear Tonight come back.
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Post by diva on Jun 21, 2022 8:47:03 GMT -8
Maybe big single was a stretch but it was certainly popular enough to warrant a video and be the marquee track off Yeah, it got a radio release and was part of the setlist for years. I agree with everything you say about both songs, but the sad fact is that both of them have hung around in the setlist (and outstayed their welcome) for a number of years. What I never understand is why they go down so well at a show either. Maybe they just need to sub out This Guitar with a big moodier epic from DSH say Unbreakable and then swap out Have you ever with an acoustic number that is a little darker...I'd live to hear Tonight come back. I adore Unbreakable. That damn song snuck up on me. I have to play it twice every time, every day. The lyrics have a ton of double entendres in it.
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Post by kenneth113 on Jun 23, 2022 9:46:57 GMT -8
No band has done so little with so much, in terms of a setlist. For most of the last 20 years, their stage time is around 90 minutes. C'mon...Bruce Springsteen can play 4 hours with ease! Sometimes he'll only play 1 or 2 songs from Born In The USA. Def Leppard plays the same 6 from Hysteria like clockwork. Bruce takes requests from the audience and no 2 nights are the same. I am a big fan of Def Leppard, but more than 1 thing can be true. Great band, very stale setlist. Take Adrenalize for example...where is Heavin Is? White Lightning? Tonight? Stand Up...? It is kinda sad with all these albums that they only play the same 16 or so songs. Also, play the regular version of HYENSSB, or WLAHC, or hell...how about Miss You In A Heartbeat?
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Post by Blair on Jun 23, 2022 11:21:38 GMT -8
No band has done so little with so much, in terms of a setlist. For most of the last 20 years, their stage time is around 90 minutes. C'mon...Bruce Springsteen can play 4 hours with ease! Sometimes he'll only play 1 or 2 songs from Born In The USA. Def Leppard plays the same 6 from Hysteria like clockwork. Bruce takes requests from the audience and no 2 nights are the same. I am a big fan of Def Leppard, but more than 1 thing can be true. Great band, very stale setlist. Take Adrenalize for example...where is Heavin Is? White Lightning? Tonight? Stand Up...? It is kinda sad with all these albums that they only play the same 16 or so songs. Also, play the regular version of HYENSSB, or WLAHC, or hell...how about Miss You In A Heartbeat? The DL and BS fan bases are completely different. Playing any of those "rare" songs (outside of playing Vegas) would be a bathroom break for most. They're not playing for the 100 hardcore fans in a 60,000 seated stadium.
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Post by Jefflep on Jun 23, 2022 11:37:13 GMT -8
And to be honest though, if I know an albums worth of Springsteen hits I’ll be surprised. He doesn’t do “ tours” he does shows, and they are not spectacles, so he can do that. No band has done so little with so much, in terms of a setlist. For most of the last 20 years, their stage time is around 90 minutes. C'mon...Bruce Springsteen can play 4 hours with ease! Sometimes he'll only play 1 or 2 songs from Born In The USA. Def Leppard plays the same 6 from Hysteria like clockwork. Bruce takes requests from the audience and no 2 nights are the same. I am a big fan of Def Leppard, but more than 1 thing can be true. Great band, very stale setlist. Take Adrenalize for example...where is Heavin Is? White Lightning? Tonight? Stand Up...? It is kinda sad with all these albums that they only play the same 16 or so songs. Also, play the regular version of HYENSSB, or WLAHC, or hell...how about Miss You In A Heartbeat? The DL and BS fan bases are completely different. Playing any of those "rare" songs (outside of playing Vegas) would be a bathroom break for most. They're not playing for the 100 hardcore fans in a 60,000 seated stadium.
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Post by kenneth113 on Jun 23, 2022 13:45:53 GMT -8
Doesn't do "tours?" Umm, he did The River tour in 2016 where he played the whole 20 song album with additional songs too. 3.5+ hours! Again, even if you think the ballads are a bathroom break, fine. But, the same 16-18 or songs every night with very little changes? That's kinda lazy. If you don't know an albums worth of songs doesn't mean anything. He plays a long time. What is the excuse that Def Leppard can't play for more than 90 minutes? More songs from Adrenalize would solve that. That album is close to diamond status. I Wanna Touch You would be phenomenal in a stadium!!
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Post by leppfannorway on Jun 24, 2022 15:04:13 GMT -8
I saw the Orlando concert and it was not the best I've seen with Joe and the guys. Possible Joe struggling with the heat, did not feel he was completely sharp. The acoustic part should have been cut in favor of songs of a more rock n roll caliber. My next concert will be in Vegas (number 55), maybe there will be some set list changes till then😊
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Post by edwardcreighton on Jun 24, 2022 16:46:07 GMT -8
Adrenalize is triple platinum. Nowhere near Diamond, though last certified 1992.
95% of people who went to the shows in Florida will see one night. They will not travel to Boston, Seattle, LA, they will see one show. Kicking fan favourites out so 100 die hards can hear Action Not Words makes zero sense.
Lepps have added 4 new songs and Excitable to the setlist, upset many by leaving LGR out, i would say that is radical enough.
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Post by tsmith on Jun 24, 2022 16:58:02 GMT -8
I watched the full Orlando show on YT last night and that acoustic set really drags I could hear somebody commenting during the acoustic set on the video..."Who is this band and where did Def Leppard go?". Even as an ultra die hard, I found myself fast forwarding the video about halfway through it. I'm sure it's probably a bit better live and in person but still feels too long and a bit out of place in that stadium environment. I saw the Orlando concert and it was not the best I've seen with Joe and the guys. Possible Joe struggling with the heat, did not feel he was completely sharp. The acoustic part should have been cut in favor of songs of a more rock n roll caliber. My next concert will be in Vegas (number 55), maybe there will be some set list changes till then😊
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Post by DesertSun81 on Jun 25, 2022 10:44:14 GMT -8
TOP 10 SONGS DEF LEPPARD HAS NOT PLAYED ON THE 2022 STADIUM TOURDef Leppard has scored more than a dozen Top 40 hits across a career that now spans more than four decades. Close to half of them came off of 1987's mega-successful Hysteria album. So it's completely understandable that there were going to be some omissions when it came to putting together a set list for Def Leppard's current slot on the Stadium Tour with Motley Crue, Poison and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Their 18-song set has remained consistent thus far, though Def Leppard took a moment on the second night of the tour to honor Paul McCartney's 80th birthday by singing "Happy Birthday," adding a small bit of the Beatles' "I've Just Seen a Face" as well. This tour was initially slotted for the summer of 2020 and was delayed twice by the pandemic. As a result, Def Leppard had time to add a new album, 2022's Diamond Star Halos, by the time things finally got underway. Four songs from the newest record have now been added to the set, leaving little wiggle room for other material beyond the essential hits. If they do decide to change things up, however, here are 10 of the best songs from the catalog that Def Leppard hasn't played yet on the tour. 10. "Promises" From: Euphoria (1999) After a slight detour with 1996's Slang, Def Leppard got back to sounding like Def Leppard of the Mutt Lange era. Lange himself wasn't available, so his associate Pete Woodroffe (who had been in the camp since the '90s) was once again behind the board as co-producer for Euphoria. "Promises," a co-write with Lange, feels more like something that could have been on Adrenalize more so than Hysteria or anything prior. "Promises" remains good, sticky-sweet, harmony-soaked fun, and it hasn't been played since 2019 at the grand opening of the Hard Rock Hotel in Sacramento. 9. "Gods of War" From: Hysteria (1987) Clocking in at more than an hour in length, the Hysteria album was a mammoth release for its time and one where even the album tracks became dearly loved by fans. Def Leppard has done an admirable job of rotating songs from this record in and out of the set over the years. "Gods of War," which Joe Elliott recently pegged as their best song, was last performed at the Download Festival in 2019. This epic rocker runs more than six minutes, with an intro that clocks in at close to two, so it was probably never in contention for the Stadium Tour due to its length. 8. "Let It Go" From: High 'n' Dry (1981) "Let It Go" was a killer album opener, with guitar riffs for days and frenetic energy that burns throughout. It hasn't been made a consistent set list appearance since 2019, instead relegated to occasional play at festival gigs. A notable featured moment happened back in late 2002 when fans got to hear "Let It Go" in its original position as Def Leppard played the entire first side of High 'n' Dry at a handful of U.S dates. Guitarist Vivian Campbell later told UCR that the audiences seemed a bit "miffed" because they didn't know the bulk of the songs from the album side. 7. "Wasted" From: On Through The Night (1980) "Wasted" is a fan favorite in the category of deep cuts, and one which fits in well with the NWOBHM sound that dominated the era when Def Leppard issued their debut album. Still, this is one of the less likely possibilities for the Stadium Tour. Last aired out at a hometown gig in 2018, "Wasted" has only made sporadic appearances in the past decade. It hasn't been performed in the U.S. since their 2013 residency in Las Vegas when the band opened for themselves, performing a set of deeper selections – including "Wasted" – as Ded Flatbird. 6. "Make Love Like a Man" From: Adrenalize (1992) Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen called this one "goofy" during a 2022 chat with UCR, indicating that one shouldn't take it too seriously. He explained that while fans might have thought they were being "King Kong" and singing about themselves, they were just depicting a "stereotype that we all know." That adds some macho context to "Make Love Like a Man," which was last seen at a 2018 gig in Cardiff, Wales. Boasting trademark big Def Leppard choruses, Collen says it's still a lot of fun to play live. 5. "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" From: High 'n' Dry (1981) High 'n' Dry is loaded with choice deep-cut possibilities – including "Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)," which is arguably one of the band's more underrated tracks. Considering the general party vibe of the Stadium Tour, however, "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" is probably a safer pick. Last performed in 2015 in Montreal, this swaggering rocker features a crusher of a guitar solo from Collen – and would sound even better if they're performing on a Saturday night. 4. "Rock! Rock (Till You Drop)" From: Pyromania (1983) It's hard to imagine a better rally cry for this current tour than "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)." The band has been leading off their current tour set with two cuts from Diamond Star Halos. Both "Take What You Want" and "Fire It Up" are high-energy tracks, so it's not hard to imagine this lead cut from Pyromania sliding in where "Animal" sits presently. "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" last surfaced in 2015 and was a regular opener on U.S. tour dates at that time. 3. "Women" From: Hysteria (1987) Hysteria had a whopping seven singles, including "Women." This one didn't scale the top half of the charts back then, but it has remained a fan favorite. Once consistently in the set, "Women" was most recently featured in the lineup for their performance at Download in 2019. Hysteria nevertheless gets plenty of time in the spotlight, with a whopping seven songs featured in the current show. Among them is "Excitable," a relative deep dig that has been performed fewer than 200 times according to Setlist.fm. 2. "Too Late for Love" From: Pyromania (1983) They certainly could play different cuts from Pyromania, but who's going to tell fans that they're not going to hear "Foolin'," "Rock of Ages" or "Photograph"? Maybe it's worth falling on that sword, however, if the band got a chance to return to "Too Late For Love." This stormy, ominous track is Def Leppard at their doom-y best. Last heard in 2019, it's typically only performed at their shows in Las Vegas over the past decade. 1. "Let's Get Rocked" From: Adrenalize (1992) This Bart Simpson-inspired rocker is probably the most well-known track from Adrenalize, which turned 30 earlier this year. Performed frequently throughout 2019, "Let's Get Rocked" feels like a natural choice to get the Stadium Tour crowd fired up on this current run. Def Leppard, of course, wants to showcase their new album right out of the gate – but they might consider giving fans one more chance to answer Joe Elliott's timeless question, "Do you wanna get rocked?" with an affirmative "yes!" Source
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Post by pc1player on Jun 27, 2022 12:24:32 GMT -8
I think they will end up rotating a few songs through the summer. They also look at what venue they are in, what they feel like playing, etc. Sometimes a song becomes old after a few weeks of playing it live, or there's a tech problem with something, vocals aren't harmonizing to their standard, and it get's kicked. With the vast video production that goes along with these, I'm pretty sure there probably only 22 or so songs total in the rotation. You can't have 40 video tracks queued for any off-beat whims.
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Post by pc20523 on Jun 27, 2022 14:32:19 GMT -8
I love that they've been able to include four song's from the new album. I think the whole album is amazing. Happy that they've included This Guitar because it's my favorite. Would like to see them throw in Unbreakable too. Maybe they'll change up the Cincinnati set list and I'll get lucky. I love Excitabable in the set list. Don't think they should omit song's like Rocket and Let's Get Rocked. Rock anthems and people expect to hear these song's. I've seen every tour they've ever done and even I would be disappointed. There are allot of song's off Adrenalize and Slang I would like to see added but I know they're probably not going to do that. I'm just glad to be able to see them and I'm not going to nitpick the set list.
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Post by dflp83 on Jun 27, 2022 15:21:31 GMT -8
No offense: Wasted will NEVER be played other than a Vegas show ☹️.
90 percent of the crowd will go huh..except for me.
Rob
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Post by Jefflep on Jun 27, 2022 16:47:29 GMT -8
I actually disagree. No offense: Wasted will NEVER be played other than a Vegas show ☹️. 90 percent of the crowd will go huh..except for me. Rob
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Post by Praet on Jun 27, 2022 22:32:17 GMT -8
No offense: Wasted will NEVER be played other than a Vegas show ☹️. 90 percent of the crowd will go huh..except for me. Rob I was there in Belfast when Wasted was on the setlist 😊. Best moment that night!
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Post by jimmyta on Jun 28, 2022 0:21:01 GMT -8
My opinion on the set list
I love LGR & think it translates well live, because of the great crowd interaction, but I’m ok with it being left out this time as it’s good to change things up
Think 3 songs from new album is enough. I absolutely love TWYW & This guitar, kick is ok, so I’d drop fire it up
I’d also drop excitable
I would add two songs in place to appease the old school fans, who do at times annoy me, but think two songs from albums 1 & 2 could be added
Wasted or Rock Brigade Let it go or Mirror mirror
Loving all the tour updates & can’t wait to my concerts
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Post by wabowarrior on Jun 28, 2022 6:22:20 GMT -8
No offense: Wasted will NEVER be played other than a Vegas show ☹️. 90 percent of the crowd will go huh..except for me. Rob Wasted popped up in the setlist quite a few times in 2018 at various festival appearances, which was the last time they toured before now.
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Post by kenneth113 on Jun 28, 2022 11:42:46 GMT -8
There is a 99% chance that this is the setlist for every show. I know you can make up any excuse and that's fine. The facts are that they play the same 16-18 songs. I know Def Leppard has background effects queued up for the songs and people like Bruce Springsteen don't, so DL can't just throw an audible in on the fly. But, they do only play about 90 minutes. Does anyone have an excuse why they can't play for 2 hrs? Also, I noticed MC aren't playing Without You...that was a huge hit. And, Poison stopped playing Something to Believe In. Plus, they're playing the saaaame songs every tour. Sounds like another band I know...
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Post by wabowarrior on Jun 28, 2022 15:21:47 GMT -8
There is a 99% chance that this is the setlist for every show. I know you can make up any excuse and that's fine. The facts are that they play the same 16-18 songs. I know Def Leppard has background effects queued up for the songs and people like Bruce Springsteen don't, so DL can't just throw an audible in on the fly. But, they do only play about 90 minutes. Does anyone have an excuse why they can't play for 2 hrs? Also, I noticed MC aren't playing Without You...that was a huge hit. And, Poison stopped playing Something to Believe In. Plus, they're playing the saaaame songs every tour. Sounds like another band I know... On a tour like this, I would not expect much change unless a song is really REALLY bombing hard. The schedule for this is tight, so the bands need to stick to their allotted times. They have a set that fits the time slot, and I don't see them altering it.
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Post by kenneth113 on Jun 29, 2022 5:22:24 GMT -8
No they won't alter it. Again, we all can make excuses, but facts are facts. Same setlist every tour except a few audibles. Don't hate me for this, but if Joan Jet wasn't here, that frees up 20+ minutes for the other 3 bands. I know they schedule 2 or 3 bands for the purpose of selling beer, merchandise, and food during changeover, only 1 song from Adrenalize (and it's an acoustic ballad) is a letdown...admit it. Speaking of which I said it was almost diamond. Yes it did only sell 3 million copies in the US...it has sold 8 million worldwide. That's what I was going for.
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Post by andylgr on Jun 29, 2022 5:41:02 GMT -8
kenneth113 I think we get your point but honestly it’s bordering on trolling now mate. The same post over and over, the irony of your posts so far is that they too are as repetitive as the bulk of a Leppard setlist that you’re going on about.
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Post by TurnToDust86 on Jun 30, 2022 6:58:05 GMT -8
Haven't had a chance to sit down and do a proper review of the NYC show yet and work has been hell since I got back from the city, so posting at all has been impossible. But I have to at least say that I'm quite impressed with the set for this tour. I've always been vocal about my frustrations with the band trotting out the same thing year after year and that was in much smaller venues than what they're playing now.
It would have been very easy (and not unexpected) for them to go out this year doing something like this:
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT ANIMAL LET'S GET ROCKED FOOLIN' KICK LOVE BITES ROCK ON ROCKET TWO STEPS BEHIND BRINGIN' ON THE HEARTBREAK (Half acoustic) SWITCH 625 HYSTERIA ARMAGEDDON IT POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME --------------------- ROCK OF AGES PHOTOGRAPH
That was my fear going into the show having not had anything spoiled for me setlist-wise. I was excited for the show regardless after 2.75 years, but I was also hoping for the best and prepped for the basic. So when I got not only FOUR new songs but also EXCITABLE and HAVE YOU EVER, I was blown away. Lep had finally done what I'd been hoping for in a normal show by being confident in their new music while also changing up a couple of the standards as well. I'm glad TWO STEPS has been cut down as I wouldn't miss it if it was dropped entirely, but I like how it is still featured a little bit. And while I've grown to love LET'S GET ROCKED in concert again, I also don't mind swapping it out for something else. LGR will return, but it's good to have anything else featured. EXCITABLE wouldn't necessarily be my first choice since it was just featured in Vegas (where I saw five shows) but if I had to choose between the two, I'll take EXCITABLE since I've seen it far less often. And while I wouldn't necessarily pick THIS GUITAR out of all the songs on the new album, I'm just glad to see anything from it at all and any change to the acoustic section of a normal tour show is refreshing.
To say the band is trotting out the same old set on this tour isn't accurate. Yes, 2/3 of the set picks itself, but what the band has done with the other 1/3 of the set is pretty bold and refreshing. Maybe as the tour goes along, we will get a couple of changes whether it be with the new tracks (still hoping to see GIMME A KISS/SOS EMERGENCY live!) or older tracks in the EXCITABLE/FOOLIN' slots. With technology these days, I really don't think it's that hard to change songs from night to night. They did it in Vegas, they did it on the 2015 tour, it CAN be done.
I was thrilled with the set in NYC and can't wait for the St. Louis/Chicago shows next week, whether they are the same set or feature a little variation. I really hope the band keeps four DSH in the set for the whole tour, whether they're the same four they're doing now or they make any changes. Same goes for the older stuff... Keep it all originals and leave room for a deeper cut or two among the hits.
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